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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cherwell District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
13,590 approved · 1,418 refused · 665 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Street Record Camp Road Upper Heyford
Received 15 Jan 2026Land At Launton Road Bicester
Received 11 Feb 2021Manor Farm Hethe Road Hardwick Bicester OX27 8SS
Received 15 May 2023North Aston Hall St Marys Walk North Aston OX25 6AA
Received 26 Jan 20221A Merton Street Banbury OX16 4RP
Received 6 Aug 20212 Alms House Cottages Horton Hill Horton Cum Studley OX33 1BA
Received 12 Jun 2025The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Fringford OX27 8DX
Received 1 Feb 2021The Old Barn Cottage Goose Lane Bodicote OX15 4BY
Received 8 Oct 2024The Pathways 25 East Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7PX
Received 9 May 2025Wardington Manor Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SW
Received 21 Dec 2023Wardington Manor Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SW
Received 15 Jul 2026Home Farm Crow Lane Great Bourton Oxfordshire OX17 1RL
Received 11 Dec 2024Finderskeepers Lhs Ground Floor Packington House 3-4 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AA
Received 26 Jun 2026Land East Of Warwick Road Drayton Warwick Road Banbury
Received 9 Sept 2025Tilting Bridge 233 Approximately 300 Metres South East Of Dukes Cut Oxford Canal Western By Pass Road Gosford
Received 28 Oct 2020Merton Grounds Farm Langford Lane Merton OX25 2NS
Received 31 Oct 2024Barley Malt Barn Whitelands Farm Vendee Drive Bicester OX26 1AX
Received 5 Feb 202153 Buckingham Road Bicester OX26 3EY
Received 1 May 2024The Rectory Alchester Road Chesterton OX26 1UW
Received 13 Jan 2025Longford Park Parcel F Adjacent To Bankside Banbury
Received 11 Apr 202250 Hightown Road Banbury OX16 9BT
Received 7 Jan 2022OS Parcel 4347 East Of Pipal Cottage Oxford Road Kidlington
Received 5 Feb 20266 School Row School View Banbury OX16 4SR
Received 21 Sept 2022Land South Of Garages The Firs Wroxton
Received 9 Feb 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cherwell District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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